At least 41 migrants have died in a shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa, after a small boat which had set off from Sfax in Tunisia capsized and sank in the Strait of Sicily. Four people who survived the shipwreck told rescuers that they were on a boat that …
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79 migrants die after boat capsizes off Greece
At least 79 migrants have died and hundreds of others went missing after their overloaded boat capsized on its way to Greece. The incident took place on Wednesday, marking one of Europe’s deadliest shipping disasters in recent years. The vessel is suspected to have been packed with around 750 migrants, …
Read More »Mexico will increase efforts to stop U.S.-bound migrants as Title 42 ends, U.S. officials say
The Mexican government is planning to deploy law enforcement personnel to its border with Guatemala and other migration corridors in Mexico to help the Biden administration reduce the number of migrants crossing into the U.S. unlawfully, senior American officials said Tuesday. The operations to stop or slow down U.S.-bound migrants …
Read More »Migrants stranded on Chile-Peru border repatriated to Venezuela
Chile’s government said that 115 Venezuelan migrants who had been stranded on the border with Peru were repatriated to Venezuela on a humanitarian flight Sunday. Hundreds of migrants, mostly Venezuelans seeking to return home, had been stranded on the country’s northern border after being denied entry into Peru. The incident …
Read More »At least 20 migrants missing after a boat sinks off Tunisia- judicial official
At least 20 African migrants were missing on Saturday after their boat sank off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a judicial official told Reuters. The coast guard rescued 17 others off southern city of Sfax from the same boat, two of whom are in critical …
Read More »US, Canada reach deal on turning back migrants at illegal border crossings
The US and Canada have announced an immigration plan that will change the way they take in asylum seekers. While Ottawa vowed to accept 15,000 additional migrants, the deal allows both countries to reject those who arrive at unofficial border crossings. US President Joe Biden unveiled the new agreement alongside …
Read More »30 migrants missing, 17 rescued in shipwreck off Libya
Thirty people are missing and 17 were rescued in the central Mediterranean on Sunday after the boat in which they were travelling from Libya capsized in bad weather, Italy’s coastguard said. Alarm Phone, a charity that picks up calls from migrant vessels in distress, assumed the 30 people were dead …
Read More »Hundreds of migrants attempt to storm the US-Mexico border
Hundreds of people tried to storm the US-Mexico border on Sunday, after a rumor that migrants would be allowed to cross into the United States. Around noon, a large crowd of mainly Venezuelans began to gather near the entrance of a bridge connecting Mexico’s Ciudad Juarez to El Paso, Texas …
Read More »Bodies of 18 migrants found abandoned in truck
Six people have been charged with human trafficking in Bulgaria following the incident Prosecutors in Bulgaria have charged six people with human trafficking following the discovery near the capital, Sofia, on Friday of an abandoned truck containing the remains of 18 Afghan migrants who died of suffocation. “The victims died …
Read More »At least 73 migrants ‘presumed dead’ after shipwreck off Libya: UN
Dozens of migrants are believed to have died in a shipwreck off Libya, with only seven survivors found so far, the United Nations said Wednesday. “At least 73 migrants are reported missing and presumed dead following a tragic shipwreck off the Libyan coast yesterday (Tuesday),” the UN’s International Organization for …
Read More »Over 45,000 migrants made Channel crossing to the UK in 2022
More than 45,000 migrants crossed the Channel to the UK from mainland Europe in 2022, surpassing the previous year’s record by more than 17,000, according to government figures released Sunday. The issue has become a huge political problem for the Conservative government, which has promised to bring down illegal immigration …
Read More »Record numbers of migrants die at the US-Mexico border
A record number of migrants at the US-Mexico border have died so far in this fiscal year, according to a report. About 750 migrants have lost their lives at the southern border this fiscal year, according to Department of Homeland Security figures. Since October 1 of last year, when fiscal …
Read More »Migrants living under ‘inhumane’ conditions at Dutch center, PM ‘ashamed’
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says he is “ashamed” as hundreds of asylum-seekers have been forced to sleep in the sweltering heat outside an overcrowded migrant reception center in Ter Apel, a village in the northern Netherlands. “It is terrible what is happening in Ter Apel,” Rutte said on Friday, but …
Read More »Nearly 25,000 migrants reach Greece in August as govt extended border wall
The Greek government said on Thursday that some 25,000 migrants had tried to enter the country through its border with Turkey in August, as it announced plans to dramatically extend a wall between the two neighbors. Athens will extend a 40-kilometer (25-mile) long wall built along the Greek-Turkish border at …
Read More »Hundreds of migrants resume Channel crossings to UK, after 11-day hiatus
Hundreds of migrants crossed the Channel from France to Britain in small boats on Sunday, the UK Ministry of Defense said, following an 11-day hiatus in the controversial arrivals. The resumption in the journeys, thought to be due to a change in the weather, comes weeks after Britain announced contentious …
Read More »Boat carrying 60 migrants capsizes off Lebanese coast, 1 died
The boat capsized shortly after leaving the northern coastal town of Qalamoun near Tripoli, Lebanon’s second-largest city. The Lebanese Red Cross said on social media that a boat with about 60 people on board sank near the port of Tripoli on Saturday. Several ambulances were sent to the port. “The …
Read More »Fight for life as Polish services pull migrants from freezing swamp
Four migrants from Syria and Iraq were rescued from a swamp in Poland near the border with Belarus late on Tuesday in a life-or-death operation as bitter winter conditions set in, security services said. While the number of migrants trying to cross into the European Union from Belarus has decreased …
Read More »Mexico: At least 54 dead and dozens injured after lorry carrying over 100 migrants overturns
At least 54 people are dead and dozens more injured after a lorry carrying people thought to be migrants destined for the US crashed in southern Mexico. Video footage of the incident – one of the worst accidents to involve migrants risking their lives to reach America – showed the …
Read More »Lithuania to pay migrants to return home
Lithuania said Thursday it would offer migrants a greater cash incentive to return home, as the Baltic state struggles to repatriate thousands who crossed into the EU member from Belarus. Each migrant who voluntarily opts to go back to their country of origin will now receive 1,000 euros ($1,130) instead …
Read More »Nearly 2000 migrants return to Iraq from the Belarusian borders
The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed the latest developments in the file of Iraqi migrants stranded at the Belarusian border with the European Union countries on Friday. The Ministry’s Spokesperson, Ahmed Al-Sahaf, said in a press statement that the ministry “has been following the developments of the Iraqi migrant …
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